--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might want to pop quotes like this into the newly-created quotes section > so they'll be available on-going. >
*********** I can see putting stuff into the links section, quotes less so, but anybody can do this, doesn't have to be the original poster. > > on 5/18/05 5:37 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For those interested, I have included in translation notes at the > > foot > >> of the passage, these can be read in MSWord. > > > > ************** > > > > "Even if one worships Vishnu for a long time with great devotion, he > > does not bestow enlightenment on one who is not wise with self- > > knowledge. Thus, the foremost means for self-knowledge is self- > > enquiry; grace and such other factors are secondary means....The cult > > of devotion to Vishnu has been founded with intention of possibly > > inducing those people who have turned away from the study of > > scriptures, from self-effort and from self-enquiry, to do something > > good....Without self-enquiry and the consequent inner tranquility, > > neither devotion to Lord Vishnu nor self-knowledge is possible. > > hence, resort to self-enquiry and the practice of cessation of > > distraction and thus adore the self; if you are successful in this, > > you have attained perfection; if not, you are no more than a wild > > donkey." > > > > (p. 256-7, http://tinyurl.com/6xndt ) > > > > "One can become a mahatma even while staying at home" Saying of Guru > > Dev, posted at http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/gurudev.htm > > > > What MMY is teaching, self-enquiry through TM, is exactly what > > enables a householder to become enlightened, a mahatma, which is what > > Guru Dev wanted for the world. Those who are convinced that there is > > some dissonance between the teachings of Guru Dev and MMY are simply > > expressing their discomfort with the light being brought into the > > householder world by Guru Dev and his emissary to an ignorant world. > > > > Bob Brigante > > http://geocities.com/bbrigante > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rick Archer > SearchSummit > 1108 South B Street > Fairfield, IA 52556 > Phone: 641-472-9336 > Fax: 815-472-5842 > > http://searchsummit.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
